Brook Knoll students have been enjoying snack and lunch outside under our new beautiful shade structures. What a wonderful collaboration by our Parent Club and the District!

The Science Fair was a huge success with over 25 students participating from grade levels 2-5. 5 students will be participating in the County Science Fair and showcasing their projects.

Our new student Garden Club is starting this week. Students will eat lunch together, learn about gardening, and participate in various garden projects.

Campus is abuzz with the upcoming PTO fundraising auction on March 24th. It’s our biggest fundraiser of the school year and money raised pays for great programs at our school.

Kid Pan Alley is working with the 3rd graders to create, produce, and record original songs. Their mission is to inspire and empower children to work together to become creators of their own music and to rekindle creativity as a core value in education through the group songwriting process.

Kindergarten and TK registration starts March 1st.

SVMS 7th Graders Go to UCSC for College Exploration

Our students and staff reported that they had a productive, informative visit to UCSC. And, from Marina Glagolev, one of the coordinators for the UCSC trip, she reported

that she was so impressed by the maturity, thoughtful questions and overall excellent behavior from our students! They packed their trash at lunch and they were quiet and respectful on the bus rides, too.

Owen, competing on behalf of SVMS, took the top prize in the county-level contest. This now sets Owen up to compete at the state level. Good luck Owen!!

The Talent Show was an Amazing Success!!

Thank you to Alexie Neall and Paul Sampson for coordinating and organizing our Talent Show on January 26th at SVHS Student Union. With the support of our fabulous PTA, led by Mrs. Wendy Abel, the show was a success. With over 24 acts, SVMS Dolphins shined!

Our very own Megan Gurer is a Super Star! After you read the post to the right, please check out this Sentinel article:

If you have driven by the Middle School recently, then you have seen the fantastic progress on the classroom buildings at the corner of Scotts Valley Drive and Bean Creek Road. Here is a recent aerial view that also shows the beautiful library. The lower picture reflects that the monumental gymnasium is taking shape!

News from the Elementary Schools

Brook Knoll and Vine Hill are enjoying the benefits of their new permanent shade structures! To view the pictures please go to our Facebook Page.

Congratulations, Megan Gurer!

A huge congratulations goes out to Megan Gurer, a Senior at SVHS, for earning the California Association of IB World School's Garry Prather Award! This award is for the IB Student of the Year for Northern California and includes a $10,000 scholarship. Megan is the first student in the County of Santa Cruz to receive this prestigious award, and we are all incredibly proud of her!

Excellence in Education

Scotts Valley Unified schools are ranked as some of the highest performing public schools in Santa Cruz County. We are proud of the high quality education we provide to approximately 2500 students year after year.

Please look around to see what we do so well here at SVUSD. Be sure to visit the individual school web sites to see what's happening at our two elementary schools, middle school, high school, and Independent Study program.